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Sweet Child O' Mine amp settings — Yamaha THR10II

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “Sweet Child O' Mine”, dialed in for a Yamaha THR10II with a Chard Hsh. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987)

Original rig

Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 (or modded JCM800 SIR #34), Gibson Les Paul 1959 replica with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers, Dunlop Cry Baby wah fixed at 60-70% travel

Warm, vocal mid-forward lead tone with nasal honk from cocked wah, smooth sustain, not scooped

Amp settings — Yamaha THR10II

CHANNELLEAD (British amp model)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	5
Presence	0
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The THR10II's LEAD channel with British voicing approximates the Silver Jubilee's mid-forward compression. Your HSH Chard's ceramic humbuckers are hotter and brighter than Slash's Alnico IIs, so treble is dropped to 5 and gain stays moderate at 6 to avoid harshness. Rolling the tone knob to 6 recreates the vocal 'woman tone' quality Slash achieved with his tone pot rolled back. Without a wah pedal, you lose the nasal mid-honk of the intro—the tone knob rollback is your best substitute.

PRO TIPFor the intro riff, pick closer to the neck joint and use your pick's edge at a slight angle—this adds the breathy, rounded attack Slash gets; picking near the bridge will sound too sharp and lose the vocal quality.

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